International Markets for Recyclables & How they impact our Policy and Practice
Grant MusgroveEmail: [email protected]:@grantmusgrove
Australia: Increasing Waste Generation
Global Waste Generation
Secondary Commodity Composite Index
China Excess Capacity
Excess Steel Capacity
Oil milestone & Fracking50% of oil from fracking
Correlation between Oil Price and Plastic Price
International ContextEurope
Waste Policy & Legislation
Waste Framework Directive Landfill Directive Packaging Directive Circular Economy Package
A common EU target for recycling 65% of municipal waste by 2030
A common EU target for recycling 75% of packaging waste by 2030
A binding landfill target to reduce landfill to maximum of 10% of municipal waste by 2030
China: Cleaner Production Law• A ban on the production & use of
excessive packaging• Packaging required to contain no more
than 3 layers • Packaging Master Plan to restrict, recover,
recycle & reuse all packaging materials
What does it mean to Australia? 1. National Waste Strategy2. Green Procurement Policy/ Market Development Strategies
3. Real Product Stewardship
4. Levy reform and alignment
5. Anti-dumping enforcement